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December 24, 2014

Hope your Christmas Eve is wonderful. I am back again with a layout featuring the gorgeous Meg's Garden French Garden Collection. I chose the beautiful Le Jardin paper from the collection to make my base, using some gorgeous cut outs from the cut and create paper.

For this layout I chose a modern photo of my gorgeous younger daughter Aisling! She hates to get her photo taken, so I find I scrap my elder daughter more for sheer numbers of photos I have. I wish Aisling would let me take her photo more, but this is often the face I get, or the back of her head as she runs away!! I still think she looks beautiful though, even with this sad face.

For my background I used a mask and modeling paste to add texture then added mists for color and splatters. I added a script stamp to the background then finished it off with some stitching around the edges.

I love how the layout turned out and hope you enjoyed having a look, the French Garden papers are just stunning!!

December 17, 2014

This week at La-La Land Crafts the theme is Anything but Christmas! I wanted to showcase the gorgeous Garden Bench Die so I found a great vintage image of a girl sleeping on a chair! I fussy cut around her and she looks perfect sleeping on my bench. I decided to build a garden around her using some Petaloo flowers and many of the gorgeous roses using the Rolled Rose Large Die and Rolled Rose Small & Medium. I added some leaves using the Open Leaf Flourish die. I added a bird in my garden using the Birds Die and the Tim Holtz "dream" sentiment. I added some twine loops and stitching to finish it off.

December 12, 2014

This month at Berry71bleu we have a Winter Chill Mood Board Challenge! Here is a look a the beautiful moodboard that Mandy created for us:

This challenge is about celebrating the breathtaking array of fresh fallen show and ice that is abundant this time of year. Whether you are a snow bunny or prefer to sit inside by a fire, we want to see how you cope with the winter chill!

This month we were sponsored by GeckoGalz and I chose a beautiful vintage image from the Snow Babies Digital Collage page and some of their gorgeous Winter Wonderland digi papers! I distressed the edges of the vintage image and added some sewing in pink thread to accent the image. I took several of the digipapers and tore the edges and used them as a base layer to my photo.

I added lots of stamping, splashes, molding paste and masking and fun accents like microbeads and sequins to my page. I rarely use a white background, but thought it would be fitting to showcase the digi papers and reflect the winter chill!! I added some gorgeous flowers and some fun arrows to my design and finished off the layout with a bit more sewing around the edges. I hope you enjoy my layout and I thank you for stopping by to see it!

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December 10, 2014

This week at La-La Land Crafts the theme is White on White with a pop of Red! This week I thought I would try something different and have made a Christmas candle! I love transferring images onto candles, it is a simple process and I have a tutorial HERE if you are interested!I started my candle with the gorgeous image I chose, mainly for its black and white image with a pop of red!! I cut out the image using the Stitched Nested Circles. To decorate my candle I used lots of gorgeous La-Land Crafts dies!! I made some gorgeous poinsettias with the Pretty Poinsettia Die. I added theHolly Flourish DieandOrnate Snowflakes, tucking in a few red roses for a pop of color. I added a bit of red bakers twine to finish it off.

December 6, 2014

This week our challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is No Cards! This time we are looking for anything but a card - Make gifts, home decor, altered items, etc... Your project must be either vintage or shabby chic with a vintage image.

I decided to make a candle this week, a fun home decor project using a vintage image! I used some beautiful flowers, twine and metal pieces from my stash as well as some lace to add some details to the candle!

November 29, 2014

I'd love to share my vintage layout I have done for C'est Magnifique's December Kit. The papers featured this month are the gorgeous Riddersholm Our Country Christmas papers. I have found a gorgeous vintage image of Santa and some children. I chose two gorgeous papers from the collection and distressed and tore the edges, layering a red paper over the neutral colored focal page.

I have misted the Holiday Vine from Blue Fern Studios in Lindy's Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold.

I added some stickers from the Main kit and also used some molding paste and a mask from my stash to add pattern and texture to the background.

I have used the chalkboard paint and Silkes paint to color the Noel chipboard. The flowers are gorgeous Prima and Petaloo flowers from the December Flower Add On.

I really love vintage layouts and enjoyed creating this one! More to come from this kit very soon!

November 26, 2014

As you know, I love to use vintage images on my cards, it is my favorite style!! So when I make cards for La-La Land Crafts, you just might see me using them!! I found this gorgeous Christmas image online and had to use it. I took the Fancy Christmas Tree Die and cut it out twice, layering it and making it three dimensional. I cut the Snowflake Banner Die twice and cut apart the snowflakes adding them to the background and as embellishments to the card. I colored a small snowflake in gold and added it as a star to the top of my tree. I took the tiniest of the Stitched Nested Circles and made a few pretty little ornaments for my tree. To finish off the card I used the Scalloped Banner Die to make a snowy festive bunting. I added a simple sentiment to my photo.

The papers I used for the card were the gorgeous Our Country Christmas papers from Riddersholm, A bit of Snowtex and some stitching and twine finish off my card.

November 24, 2014

This month Berry71Bleu want to see a project based on an Early Year Birthday. Create a project about yourself, your children, a member of your family, or a special someone - an early year birthday celebration! I have chosen to do a layout of my youngest daughter Aisling on her 2nd birthday. I used the gorgeous 7 Dots Studio Cold Country papers, cutouts and stickers for the base of my designs here.

On the photo above you can see some gorgeous UmWow Studio chipboard star and chevron confettis along with one of their flairs I used on the layout. I used a lot of stamping from the 7 Dots Studio Cold Country clear stamp set. I used some of my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays to color it!

I used the number 2 chipboard from Molossi and you can see another gorgeous Butterfly chipboard and star flair from UmWow Studio. I added just a few flowers and thread from my stash and journaled about my gorgeous little independent girl and how she inspires me every day!

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Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

I used the gorgeous Once Upon A Sketch sketch to make my layout and would love to enter the November challenge! My daughter inspires me to see the world through her eyes, unique and individual. I have journalled on the layout about it.

November 22, 2014

This week our challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is Vintage Christmas Cards with a Twist! This time we are looking for VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH A TWIST - NON TRADITIONAL COLOURS. Your cards must be either vintage or shabby chic with a vintage image.

I found this great Blue Santa image online for this card! Blue and Gold I figured were fairly non-traditional Christmas colors. I used some gorgeous paper, a doily I aged with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, some twine and bit of golden blingy holly. I finished it off with blue stitching.

The papers I used for the card were the gorgeous Fall Flea Market papers from Riddersholm, I love that there is a subtle quote about flying on the paper at the bottom of the card (you have to look hard!) I added some stitching and a sentiment as well as a twine bow to finish it off.